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A nurse assists a COVID-19 patient at the Oceanico de Niteroi in Rio de Janeiro June 22, 2020
World
20.08.2024
Brazil registers new jump in virus cases
Pharmacy owner Abdulaziz Othman bemoans the acute shortage of medicines at his drugstore in the Sudanese capital Khartoum
World
20.08.2024
Sudan reels from drug shortages as virus spreads
The Russian referendum on constitutional reforms could lead to Vladimir Putin remaining president until 2036
World
20.08.2024
Russians cast early votes in ballot to extend Putin's rule
The landmark will emerge from its longest closure since World War II in time for the summer season, but with limited visitor numbers at first, and mandatory face masks for all over the age of 11
World
20.08.2024
Eiffel Tower reopens with strict virus restrictions
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Jordanian villages can be seen in the background just kilometres from the Palestinian village of Ayn al-Bayda lying in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank
World 20.08.2024
Annexing West Bank threatens Jordan-Israel treaty: analysts
China and the US are deeply at odds again today over a range of trade and geopolitical issues, and no one is more sensitive to that than Yu Jihua (R), who still suffers night terrors from the war
World 20.08.2024
Chinese veterans of Korean War urge peace as tensions with US mount
A protest movement that started early last year in Algeria and quickly toppled longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika had sparked young people's hopes for a better future at home
World 20.08.2024
Political stagnation and virus galvanise Maghreb migrants
The coronavirus pandemic has forced Qantas to cancel nearly all its international flights until at least October and slash domestic routes
World 20.08.2024
Australia's Qantas cuts 6,000 jobs in post-COVID restructure
The Iranian-flagged oil tanker Fortune docks at a refinery after arriving in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela on May 25
World 20.08.2024
US sanctions five Iranian ship captains over Venezuela oil delivery
A long queue of cars wait at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Melbourne
World 20.08.2024
Australia deploys 1,000 troops to Melbourne virus outbreak
NASA has renamed its Washington headquarters for trailblazing black mathematician and engineer Mary Jackson (first row, far right) -- seen here in an undated photo from the US space agency
World 20.08.2024
NASA renames Washington HQ for 'Hidden Figures' trailblazer
A woman rides her bike in front of El Morro Fort as a vast cloud of Sahara dust blankets the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 22, 2020
World 20.08.2024
Sahara dust cloud looms over Cuba, Caribbean and Florida
The request for Italian state support on such a large loan has proved controversial, particularly as the Fiat Chrysler's corporate headquarters are in Amsterdam
World 20.08.2024
Italy to guarantee 6.3-bn-euro loan for Fiat Chrysler
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